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21) Runner
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Series
Language
English
Description
Jake Rebo, an interstellar courier, is assigned the task of delivering a future religious leader to his people, a mission complicated by would-be assassins and by a young woman possessing the secret to instantaneous travel between star systems.
Author
Series
In the time of the Sixth Sun volume 1
Language
English
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Acclaimed as one of SF's most exciting new talents, Thomas Harlan took readers by storm with his remarkable Oath of Empire series, a thrilling blend of alternate history, high fantasy, and military adventure. The books in the series, including The Shadow of Ararat, The Gate of Fire, The Storm of Heaven, and The Dark Lord, not only earned Harlan rave reviews but gained him two nominations for Best New Writer of the Year.
Now Thomas Harlan draws upon...
23) Iron sunrise
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Series
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English
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Rachel Mansour, an agent for Old Earth, must join forces with a disaffected teenager calling herself Wednesday Shadowmist as she races to find out who was responsible for the destruction of the planet Moscow.
Author
Series
Fractalverse volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 47
Language
English
Description
A space voyager living her dream of exploring new worlds lands on a distant planet ripe for colonization before her discovery of a mysterious relic transforms her life and threatens the entire human race.
27) Rolling thunder
Author
Series
Thunder and lightning (John Varley) volume 3
Language
English
Description
A third generation Martian, Lieutenant Patricia Kelly Elizabeth Strickland joins the Music, Arts, and Drama Division of the Martian Navy and is sent to Europa, one of Jupiter's moons, as an entertainer, but she soon discovers that hidden dangers lurk everywhere.
28) Colonyside
Author
Series
Planetside volume 3
Language
English
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Description
Forced out of retirement by the government to find a CEO's missing daughter, disgraced recluse Carl Butler soon discovers that this isn't an open-and-shut case as attempts are made on his life, leading him to trust no one but himself.
29) House of reeds
Author
Series
In the time of the Sixth Sun volume 2
Language
English
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Description
In five short centuries, the mighty Empire of the Méxica, descendants of the ancient Aztecs allied with Imperial Japan, has spread out to conquer the Earth, left the homeworld, and set its sights on the stars. But the universe is a dangerous place, filled with hidden powers and the relics of ancient civilizations. The Méxica are only the latest of the great Imperial powers to reach for the stars.
But that doesn't stop Imperial Méxica from claiming...
Author
Series
Old Man's War universe volume 5
Publisher
Tor, a Tom Doherty Associates Book
Language
English
Description
Lieutenant Harry Wilson counters hostile alien forces, angry humans, and unpredictable elements from the universe in order to protect the interests of the Colonial Union.
33) Luna: New moon
Author
Series
Luna novels (Ian McDonald) volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
The scions of a falling house must navigate a world of corporate warfare to maintain their family's status in the moon's vicious political atmosphere. The moon wants to kill you-whether it's being unable to pay your per diem for your allotted food, water, and air, or just getting caught up in a fight between the moon's ruling corporations, the Five Dragons. You must fight for every inch you want to gain in the moon's near-feudal society. And that...
34) The last colony
Author
Series
Old Man's War universe volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Serving his human colony on distant Huckleberry as a village ombudsman, retired fighter John Perry looks forward to settling into farm life with his wife and adopted daughter before he is drawn back into the dangerous interstellar politics of his past.
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English
Appears on list
Description
"From the #1 bestselling author of the Scotiabank Giller Prize-shortlisted The Glass Hotel and the internationally bestselling Station Eleven comes a new novel of dazzling imagination. In this captivating new novel of imagination and ambition, a seemingly disparate array of people -- a British exile on the West coast of Canada in the early 1900s, the author of a bestselling novel about a fictional pandemic, who embarks on a galaxy-spanning book tour...
36) Tracker
Author
Series
Foreigner universe volume 16
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Language
English
Description
An entry in the popular Foreigner series begins a new sub-trilogy story arc.
37) Dragon's fire
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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Description
When a mine containing firestone, the mineral that gives the dragons of Pern their ability to breathe fire, explodes, killing the miners trapped there, young Cristov volunteers to take over the dangerous task of retrieving the explosive rock for the dragons.
38) Dragon Harper
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
As a deadly epidemic sweeps across the land of Pern, only Kindan, a young apprentice to the guild of musicians and teachers known as the Harpers, recognizes the imminent peril and must come up with a way to stop the illness from spreading.
39) Aurora
Author
Publisher
Orbit
Language
English
Description
"Generations after leaving earth, a starship draws near to the planet that may serve as a new home world for those on board. But the journey has brought unexpected changes and their best laid plans may not be enough to survive"-- Publisher.
40) Marsbound
Author
Publisher
Ace Books
Language
English
Description
Joining her family as a colonist on Mars, rebellious young Carmen Dula ventures alone out into the harsh Martian landscape, where an accident nearly claims her life and she is rescued by a mysterious alien being.
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